pam_motd is a PAM module that can be used to display arbitrary motd (message of the day) files after a successful login. By default the
/etc/motd
file is shown. The message size is limited to 64KB.
OPTIONS
motd=/path/filename
-
The
/path/filename
file is displayed as message of the day.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the
session
module type is provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_IGNORE
-
This is the only return value of this module.
EXAMPLES
The suggested usage for
/etc/pam.d/login
is:
-
session optional pam_motd.so motd=/etc/motd
SEE ALSO
motd(5),
pam.conf(5),
pam.d(5),
pam(7)
AUTHOR
pam_motd was written by Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
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- RETURN VALUES
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- EXAMPLES
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHOR
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